The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-05-29
IT WAS AN AWFUL CRASH.
Eight Persons Killed in the Terrible Dis
aster at uorseshoe Bend.


PrrrsBuRG. MAY 2s.-The latest re-
ports from the scene of the accident at
Horseshoe Bend, on the Pennsylvania
railroad last night. state that eight were
killed and six injured. Four were killed
outright and the others have since died.
The Inflated train arrived at the Union
depot i'm this city, at 4:3O o'clock this
morning with some ninety passengers
aboard For four hours a group OF anx-
ions mOrtals paced up and down the pas
sageways lingering in suspense as TO the
fate Of their friends who had taken pas
sage on the fast line, and were expected
10 arrive in the city at 1855 o'clock last
night.
1T WAS TERRIFIC SHOCK.
Almost the first person TO step from
the train was Miss Mcmahon, school
teacher i'm Florida. who was on her way
home i'm Beaver Falls, this State. Miss
Mcmahon furnished an account Of the
catastrophe. She said d" was sitting
about the middle of the second coach
from the engine The train was running
Al "a high rate of speed when the accident
happened The shock was terrific. |
was thrown violently against the seat in
| front of me- The train stopped sudden
/ lv. I'm a minute all was confusion |
soon heard shricks from the passengers
| I'm the coach i'm the rear of the one | was
/ I'm. and | at once knew that something
awful had happened | raised the win
dow and looked out The sight fright
ened me. The entire sides of the two
coaches Immediately in the rear of the one
| | was i'm were crushed in. ! could see the
passengers climbing out over the coal
/ ears living on the adjoining track. The
passengers who were not iIjured assisted
/ i'm removing the killed and wounded II
WAS sight that | will never forget
Several women in the car swsoned away
when they saw what had happened
Mr.. j. IL Peach, Bellevue, Miillin coun-
! IT, this State, was passenger on the
third coach from the smoking-car, and
gave graphic account of the heartrend-
ing scenes which followed the crash.
ANOTHER PASSENGERS STORY.
II was sitting" he said "about four
seats 10 the rear of Dale Graham. When
the trains collded the entire side Of our
coach was crushed in. and young Graham
was literally buried beneath the ruins.
But moan escaped his lips, and he must
have died instantly, for he was about the
first victim we set about to recover.
When extricaled from the wreck his
form was lifeless The side of the ear
was crushed down on top of him, and
this. with large quantity Of coal from
the freight car, had crushed the young
mans life out before any assistance could
be rendered ! never want TO witness
such distressing scenes again. The pierre
ing shreks Of women, mingled with the
agOnizing cries Of men completely over
power me now, although when the sad
calamity occurred / managed to keep
possession of my senses, and aided in
rescuing the victims 10 the best of my
ability We must have been running al
the rate of about thirty miles an hour at
the time the collision occurred, and the
freight. should Judge was going about
twelve miles an hour The freight was
heavily loaded, and the terrible crash
caused panic among the passengers. !
} am surprised that three times as many
were not dashed into eternity"